RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

[KULISHdotCOM]

I agree, avoid the $10 types.  I bought 5 realtek 8139 type cards for 6
bucks a piece.  Everything seemed kosher, they even ran with the Linux
drivers fine Until you had an unscheduled reboot due to power loss.
Then they would forget who they were and what they were supposed to do.
Didn't hurt the cards any...  installed them in other machines, including
windows NT and they worked fine until.

-Original Message-
From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:59 PM
To: Ron Stordahl
Cc: Debian User List
Subject: RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?


On 12-May-2000 Ron Stordahl wrote:
 10Base-T RJ45 PCI Network Cards some in an incredible range of prices from
 10 bucks up.  Is it possible that the only significant difference is the
 brand name?


some cards only send even numbered packets (yes I am serious).  Some cards
are
so cheap we do not know what chips are on them or how to control them.

Read the list of supported hardware, buy something that sounds like that.
Most
of us avoid the 10 dollar cards.


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RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

[KULISHdotCOM]

I haven't used those cards in months...

I switched to linksys 10/100... can get them for 15 bucks US and they work
flawlessly.  All my 8139s have been donated to the local landfill.

-Original Message-
From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:31 PM
To: Chris Mason
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?


On Fri, 12 May 2000, Chris Mason wrote:

 Aahhh! That's why my realtek cards are not being installed when I boot
from
 cold.  In the trash with them.

Have you tried the rtl8139too driver?

These cards are nice and cheap, perfect for workstations..

Jason


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